Utah’s four congressmen are expected to cruise to victory in Tuesday's midterm elections after Republican state lawmakers redrew the state’s political maps that expanded the party’s advantage.
The political and demographic landscape had long made three of the state’s four congressional districts almost sure bets for Republicans. But, the other district that covers a suburban swath extending south from Salt Lake City through several cities including West Jordan, Lehi and Saratoga Springs had usually been up for grabs, drawing national interest, piles of glossy campaign mailers and recurring attack ads on local television during college football and Major League Baseball’s World Series.
